accrete
Collocations
4ADJ.
coriaceous
VERB + ACCRETE
began, cause, crowned
ACCRETE + NOUN
calyx
PREP.
on, than, with
Definitions
verb
To grow together, combine; to fuse.
Astronomers believe the Earth began to accrete more than 4.6 billion years ago.
According to the reigning hypothesis, about 4.5 billion years ago, shortly after Earth had accreted down into a sphere from its little slub of circumsolar material, another newborn planet [Theia], still shaky on its feet, slammed obliquely into Earth with terrifying force.
To adhere; to grow or to be added to gradually.
To make adhere; to add; to make larger or more, as by growing.
the reader has not only mastered this distinction , but that he has so thoroughly accreted it and assimilated it to his habits of mind
adj
Characterized by accretion; made up.
accrete matter
Grown together.
Fruit coriaceous, crowned with accrete calyx
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6Astronomers believe the Earth began to accrete more than 4.6 billion years ago.
WiktionaryAccording to the reigning hypothesis, about 4.5 billion years ago, shortly after Earth had accreted down into a sphere from its little slub of circumsolar material, another newborn planet [Theia], sti
WiktionaryChris Ormel, an astronomer at the University of Amsterdam, and his colleagues recently calculated that protoplanets began to form at the snow line around the star, then grew quickly by accreting pebbl
Wiktionaryaccrete matter
WiktionaryFruit coriaceous, crowned with accrete calyx
WiktionaryThe tides cause sand to accrete on the shore.
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